Toboggan coaster



TOEOGGAN COASTER Filed April 21, 1927 ATTORNEY.

INVENTOR I Patented July 9, 19.239. UNlTEll PATENT @FFlCll.

FRED B. LIEB, F BROCKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOE Oll FORTE CENT TO ADAMSEYFERT, 0]? NEW "YORK, N.

TOBOGGAN' COASTER.

Application filed April 2]., 1953 Serial No. 1335,4420.

The main object of this invention is to prodrum and its segment form anannular pevide a wheeled vehicle which is adaptable for riphery aroundhalf of which a brake band use on hills and other inclined surfaces and20 circles. An upright 21 is mounted on one consists of a platformmounted on four wheels of the side slats of the platform and has a whichare so constructed as to be capable of brake lever 22 pivoted thereon.The lower 60 great speed, a hand operated steering mechaend of the brakeband is secured to the nism, and a hand operated brake mechanism. leverand the opposite end attached to a. peg

Another obj cct of this invention is to pro- Which is mounted on theside of a guard rail. vide a toboggan coaster capable of attaining Thisguard consists of side rails 53? and Qel 1 relatively high speed andwhich is provided which are joined at the front by a rail 25 6 with anovel brake mechanism which urges a which serves as a. bumper guard. Thelatter block outwardly to be contacted with by the projects in front ofthe platform in an oval brake band of the device. shape and has the endsof a foot bar 26 se- The above and other objects will become apcuredthereto on which rest the feet of the parent in the description below inwhich leading passenger. characters of reference refer to like-namedStuds 27 are pivotally mounted between. the parts in the drawing.tongues 28 of the uprights 13 on the front Referring briefly to thedrawing, Figure 1 axle 11. These studs have the front wheels is a topplan view of the toboggan coaster. 2t rotatably secured thereon. Eachstud has 20 Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the a rearwardlyprojecting arm 30 and these same showing the steering and brakingarmsare mutually connected by a bar 31 in a means pivoted manner.Additional arms 32 extend Figure 3 is a cross sectional view takensidcwise from the studs and have the ends of through the brake drumshowing the mountflexible cables 38 and 34 secured thereto.

ing of the brake block in the drum. These cables are trained aroundpulleys 35 Figure at is a front elevational view of the and mutuallycross each other and at their coaster showing the front guard rail.opposite ends have loops 36 secured thereto.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the 1011- The pulleys are suspendedfrom the lower ineral 10 indicates a number of slats which ends of thelegs 37 which depend from the are laid side by side and form a platformon foot bar 26. as which the passengers are carried. The slats Thetoboggan coaster is used for the seat are mounted on a forward and rearaxle 11 ing of a number of persons who sit facing the and 12,respectively. These axles are U- front. The leading passenger places hisfeet shaped consisting of longitudinal bars from on the foot bar 26 andwith his hands grasps which upright arms 13 extend. The bars of theloops 36 ecured to the ends of the flexible the axles serve as a seatfor the slats 10, which cables 33 and 3-l. The rearmost passenger latterare secured in place by rivets or thelihe. grasps the brake lever withone hand and The rear axle has horizontal extensions there with theother holds on to the guard rail 24;, on on which the rear wheels 14: ofthe coaster which all of the remaining passengers also do. are rotatablymounted. in steering toward the right or the left first Adjacent one ofthe rear wheels 1% a brake one or the other of the flexible cables ispulled drum 15 is located. This brake drum is thus rotating one or theother of the studs mounted rigid with the wheel which it lies 28 thruthe medium of the arms 32 to which. adjacent to and has a radial portionremoved the flGXllJlG cables are attached. As the rear therefrom. Asegment 16 is loosely mounted wheel 1a having the brake drum 15 mountedin the space left by the removed portion of on its side, is rotated thesegment 16 when the drum. The latter is formed hollow at its notretained in posltion by the brake band axis and in the space so formed aflat spring will swing slightly outward by the action of 17 is providedwhich has one end riveted to the spring 17 and will be pressed into1tspropthe surface of the drum. The segment is arcer position again whenit comes into contact uate in shape and is provided with a recess 18with brake band which latter encircles only located on opposite sides inwhich projecting half of the drum, thereby checkmg ts speed pins 19 arehoused, the pins extending from with greater rapidity than is possiblewith the side surfaces of the drum which bound the usual type of brake.the removed portion. The outline of the It is to be noted that certainchanges in thereof, pins rigid on said drum protruding into the cut outportion and into said notches, an arcuate spring attached to said drumin the hollow central portion thereof and having a free end contactingwith the block to urge the latter outward, and a band encircling a partof said drum adapted to be tautened about said drum.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRED B. L] IQ It.

